 | | Best things to do in New York from April 21 - 27, 2011 | |  | | | | Thursday, April 21 | | | | | | | Time | Thu., April 21, 7:30pm | | Where: | French Institute/Alliance Française Florence Gould Hall | | Price: | $10 | | | Dir. Joann Sfar (2010). Directed by graphic novelist Sfar, this overlong but enjoyable bio-pic—subtitled Vie héroïque in France—gives us the life and times of the bad-boy troubadour, complete with uncanny ... More>> | | |
| | | | | Time | Daily from Wed., April 20 until Sun., April 24 | | Where: | Jazz Standard | | Price: | $35 | | | You can spot the orange-and-black spines of the Impulse! label in any record collection, but their impact goes beyond design. The music, which defined ’60s jazz, still feels terrifically present ... More>> | | |
| | | | | Time | Thu., April 21, 8:00pm | | Where: | Town Hall | | Price: | $30-$50 | | | Joey Arias wasn’t but a twinkle in his mama’s eye the night that Billie Holiday debuted at Town Hall in 1948. But tonight, the Holiday-esque downtown drag legend follows in ... More>> | | | | | | | Friday, April 22 | | | | | | | Time | Fri., April 22, 8:00pm | | Where: | City Winery | | Price: | $22-$35 | | | Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, and prepare to be amazed when John Wesley Harding’s Cabinet of Wonders returns to City Winery for one more night of heart-pounding entertainment. Harding, ... More>> | | |
| | | | | Time | Fri., April 22, 7:30pm, Fri., April 22, 9:30pm | | Where: | The Kitchen | | Price: | $12 | | | Started in a garage in San Francisco in 2005, the cheekily named dance troupe MGM Grand (which stands for “Modern Garage Movement”) typically shy away from traditional venues, opting to bring ... More>> | | |
| | | | | Time | Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Tue., March 15 until Sun., May 29, 8:00pm, Every week Saturday from Sat., March 19 until Sun., May 29, 2:00pm | | Where: | Schoenfeld Theater | | Price: | $67-$132 | | | Last time we saw Chris Rock, he was right here in our newsroom playing a Village Voice reporter in Julie Delpy's upcoming film 2 Days in New York. Now the ... More>> | | | | | |  | | | | Saturday, April 23 | | | | | | | Time | Sat., April 23, 9:00am | | Where: | Concrete Plant Park | | Price: | free | | | The Bronx River Greenway is a 23-mile-long multi-use path-in-progress (15 miles done, with eight to go) that will extend the full length of the river in Westchester County and the ... More>> | | |
| | | | | Time | Sat., April 23, 2:00pm | | Where: | Museum of the Moving Image | | Price: | free with $15 museum admission | | | Dir. Robert Siodmak (1944). The most celebrated of Montez vehicle peaks too early (after her magnificent Cobra dance) but, as directed by refugee noir specialist Robert Siodmak, the process by ... More>> | | |
| | | | | Time | Sat., April 23, 6:30pm | | Where: | MOMA, Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters | | Price: | $10 | | | Dir. Dziga Vertov (1923). Subtitled “Life Unawares,” Vertov’s first documentary feature used a hidden camera and a bag of cine-tricks to celebrate the Young Pioneers and document sundry social problems. ... More>> | | | | | | | Sunday, April 24 | | | | | | | Time | Sun., April 24, 7:00pm | | Where: | Public Assembly | | Price: | $20 | | | Brooklyn, better yet, Williamsburg is a smorgasbord of first dates and first hookups. The new Web series Brooklyn Is in Love captures this roller coaster of emotion of on-again, off-again ... More>> | | |
| | | | | Time | Sun., April 24, 7:00pm | | Where: | Coco66 | | Price: | free | | | Jim VanBlaricum and Jim Crocamo know how to find the good (or funny) in a bad situation. Brooklyn comedians and hosts of the Crappy Cinema Council, they have been making ... More>> | | |
| | | | | Time | Sun., April 24, 7:30pm | | Where: | Joe's Pub | | Price: | $15 | | | Same-sex marriage isn’t the only item on some progressive agendas. Taking marriage equality to a whole new level are the creators of Gay Bride of Frankenstein, who indulge the monster ... More>> | | | | | |  | | | | Monday, April 25 | | | | | | | Time | Mon., April 25, 7:00pm | | Where: | Barnes & Noble | | Price: | free | | | If you’re of a certain age, you probably have fond memories of those days when you had to sneak a copy of Ice-T’s song “Cop Killer” into your Walkman. Of ... More>> | | |
| | | | | Time | Mon., April 25, 6:00pm | | Where: | Abrons Arts Center | | Price: | $30-$325 | | | A home to pioneering downtown artists for 30 years, P.S.122 celebrates their anniversary with a starry gala and awards ceremony. Hosted by John Kelly and Lisa Kron, the evening includes ... More>> | | |
| | | | | Time | Mon., April 25, 7:30pm | | Where: | The Lighthouse, Pier 61, Chelsea Piers | | Price: | $30 | | | When the Chinese political prisoner Liu Xiaobo received the Nobel Peace Prize last year, it was yet another victory for PEN, the world’s oldest literary and human rights organization, which ... More>> | | | | | | | Tuesday, April 26 | | | | | | | Time | Daily from Tue., April 26 until Mon., September 5 | | Where: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | | Price: | $20 | | | Time was when taking a photo of your friends in a dimly lit club was not as easy as clicking your iPhone. Night Vision, a photography exhibition featuring 40 black-and-white ... More>> | | |
| | | | | Time | Tue., April 26, 9:00pm | | Where: | Music Hall of Williamsburg | | Price: | $15 | | | This lovey-dovey L.A. duo keeps pumping out albums full of cheery indie-pop ditties that sound like they were conceived precisely for future placement in an iPod ad. The Submarines' latest, ... More>> | | |
| | | | | Time | Daily from Fri., April 15 until Sun., May 15 | | Where: | Causey Contemporary | | Price: | free | | | Brooklyn-based artist Melissa Murray creates work like a dream—literally. In her new solo exhibition, What the Birds Saw, the artist blends, almost seamlessly, visions of bright color, various shapes, and ... More>> | | | | | |  | | | | Wednesday, April 27 | | | | | | | Time | Wed., April 27, 9:00pm | | Where: | (le) Poisson Rouge | | Price: | $20 | | | Ignore, if you’re able, the cover image of Battles’ second album, Gloss Drop: some sort of gleaming, visceral sculpture made of either intestines or chewed gum, drooping artfully under the ... More>> | | |
| | | | | Time | Wed., April 27, 8:00pm | | Where: | Happy Ending | | Price: | free | | | Who knows better than writers what it’s like to suffer from heartbreak? Tonight, Blaise Allysen Kearsley, creator and producer of Happy Ending’s free monthly series of shared life lessons, hosts ... More>> | | |
| | | | | Time | Wed., April 27, 7:30pm, Wed., April 27, 9:30pm | | Where: | Jazz Standard | | Price: | $20 | | | There's mucho simpatico on Cosmic Lieder, a new disc of duets between the cagey saxophonist and the provocative pianist. Even in the most turbulent moments, they share the same wavelength. ... More>> | | | | | |  | |
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